Olympic gymnast Suni Lee pepper-sprayed in California
Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee was pepper-sprayed in Los Angeles.
As reported by WRBL, Lee states that she was a victim of an anti-Asian attack.
Lee told PopSugar that she and her friends, who were all of Asian descent, were waiting for an Uber after returning from the Tokyo Olympics.
She states that a car sped by and someone shouted racial taunts.
Lee states that one of the passengers of the car pepper-sprayed her arm as they passed by. The Olympic gymnast did not state where in Los Angeles the incident occurred.
“I was so mad, but there was nothing I could do or control because they skirted off. I didn’t do anything to them and having the reputation, it’s so hard because I didn’t want to do anything that could get me into trouble. I just let it happen,” says Lee to PopSugar.
